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From: galpin@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Knight of the Mystic Sword)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: amigas in the music world.
Summary: Amax II and Amax II+
Keywords: macintosh, appletalk, midi, emulators, amax
Message-ID: <5129@darkstar.ucsc.edu>
Date: 13 Jul 90 23:19:59 GMT
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In article <25872@unix.cis.pitt.edu> mpmst1@unix.cis.pitt.edu (metlay) writes:
>In article <274.269D6BC1@afitamy.fidonet.org> Jim.Perry@f210.n110.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Jim Perry) writes:
>>  AMAX II is coming out in about a month.  It will have perfect MIDI
>>compatibility for the 2000, plus will allow the 2000 to read Mac disks
>>from it's internals...
>
>I'll believe it if and when I see it demonstrated as doing so. MIDI is
>the ultimate test for a hardware emulator, and nobody's managed it yet

There are two versions of AMAX being released. Amax 2.0, and Amax 2.0+.

Amax 2.0 is similar to Amax 1.0. It uses the same hardware, and cannot read
macintosh format disks off of the standard Amiga drive. However, it adds 
support for Macintosh sound, Amiga hard drives, and a better Amiga<=>Mac 
transfer program. (The current one is only for text.. the new version will
supposedly handle pictures and sounds as well)

Amax 2.0 also will (supposedly) run under AmigaOS 2.0

Amax 2.0+ includes a Zorro-II card that fits in the A2000. It allows the
internal drives to read Macintosh format disks (presumably by passing the
controller through and taking direct control of the drive when A-Max needs the
Mac drive. This is how the Copy-II PC Option Board + reads Mac disks on an IBM).
    
The hardware interface will also include the MIDI interface.. so it will not
be emulated in software. There will also supposedly be an AppleTalk connection 
on the card.

I have NO idea how much $$$ this will be, when the official release date is,
or even how accurate this information is. (This was gleaned from a conversation
with the Readysoft people a couple of days ago)

- Dan  

>-- 
>metlay                    | 
>                          |   I may be crazy, but I'm NOT stupid.
>mpmst1@unix.cis.pitt.edu  | 
>metlay@vms.cis.pitt.edu   |                              --zrgynl


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